angiotensin-converting enzyme inhibitor

angiotensin-converting enzyme inhibitor:

see ACE inhibitorACE inhibitoror angiotensin-converting enzyme inhibitor, drug used to reduce elevated blood pressure (see hypertension), to treat congestive heart failure, and to alleviate strain on hearts damaged as a result of a heart attack (see infarction)......Click the link for more information..

Many physicians have favored using a calcium channel blocker over an angiotensin-converting enzyme inhibitor (ACEI) for African Americans with hypertension because, in general, the blood pressure of blacks falls more dramatically in response to a calcium channel blocker.

All patients were treated with optimal medical therapy: 90% were treated with an angiotensin-converting enzyme inhibitor or an angiotensin-receptor blocker, 65% with a [beta]-blocker, and 55% with spironolactone.

The higher cost of full-dose as compared with low-dose angiotensin-converting enzyme inhibitor therapy in patients with congestive heart failure is more than offset by the resultant savings that are obtained through a reduction in hospital admissions.

Patients with CKD need close monitoring of potassium and creatinine when starting angiotensin-converting enzyme inhibitor or angiotensin receptor blocker therapy, usually within 1 to 2 days of starting or adjusting their medication.

We aimed to identify how often AE is associated with angiotensin-converting enzyme inhibitor (ACEI-AE) therapy and whether the severity of AE episodes in these patients differs from the severity of idiopathic AE.

Chalmers' analysis used data from an average 6-year follow-up of patients after they completed a 4-year trial that had randomized them to treatment with either the combined formulation of the angiotensin-converting enzyme inhibitor perindopril and the diuretic indapamide, or to placebo.

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